Hussein Khairan

Hussein Khairan was a Major-General of the Yemeni Army and Minister of Defense of Yemen from 22 March 2015 under the Houthis, succeeding Mahmoud al-Subaihi.

Biography
Hussein Khairan served as the commander of the Yemeni 1st Marine Infantry Brigade on Socotra, Yemen from 1993 to 2014, and Abd-Rabbuh Mansur Hadi appointed him Minister of Defense of Yemen in December 2014. However, the Houthis' takeover of Sana'a and the defense ministry led to Hadi firing Khairan, who defected to the Houthis. Khairan was given command of all regular Yemeni Army forces that launched the offensive against Hadi's forces in southern Yemen during the Yemeni Civil War in 2015.